Hybrid Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform – AI Enablement

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About the role

  • Senior Software Engineer building core infrastructure for AI-driven products at Airwallex. Leading technical decision-making and driving project delivery for complex distributed systems.

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical decision-making and custom development for core infrastructure components, extending from foundational storage to high-availability service layers.
  • Deep-dive into performance tuning and systems internals—such as state management, checkpointing, and exactly-once semantics—to ensure millisecond-level accuracy at global scale.
  • Develop and integrate the Knowledge Platform, enabling AI-driven products through scalable vector indexing, agentic workflows, and real-time data streaming.
  • Own the full SDLC for high-performance distributed systems (batch and streaming) that process petabytes of data across 30+ global regions.
  • Advocate for elite software engineering practices, contributing to shared tooling, SDKs, and automation frameworks that enhance the productivity of engineering teams company-wide.
  • Act as a technical beacon and mentor for mid-level engineers, driving project delivery through design reviews and technical leadership.

Requirements

  • Have 5+ years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems or infrastructure platforms.
  • Possess a deep understanding of computer science fundamentals, including distributed systems, memory management, and networking protocols.
  • Are proficient in Java, Kotlin, or Go.
  • Have hands-on experience (or the desire to deep-dive) into the internals of Kafka, Flink, Spark, Kubernetes, or OLAP engines.
  • Have a proven track record of taking 0-1 ownership of complex technical challenges, from initial design to production stability.
  • Are intrinsically motivated to explore emerging tech in AI/ML infrastructure and real-time systems to create tangible business impact.

Benefits

  • medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • a 401(k) plan
  • short-term and long-term disability
  • basic life insurance
  • well-being benefits
  • 20 paid days of vacation
  • 12 paid days of company holidays in a calendar year

Job title

Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform – AI Enablement

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$158,000 - $260,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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